Night of Champions (2011)

Night of Champions (2011)
Night of Champions (2011)
Tagline(s)	It's a Night You Will Never Forget
Theme; song(s)	"Magika" by Two Steps from Hell
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Date	September 18, 2011
Venue	First Niagara Center
City	Buffalo, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
Night of Champions chronology

Night of Champions (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) show made by WWE. It took place on September 18, 2011, at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York.^[1]^[2] It was the fifth Night of Champions event held by WWE. Eight matches happened on the card, six of which were title matches.

Matches

No.	Results^[3]	Stipulations	Times
1^D	Daniel Bryan defeated Heath Slater	Singles match^[4]	5:13
2	Air Boom (Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston) (c) defeated The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) by disqualification	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship^[5]	9:50
3	Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Ted DiBiase	Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship^[6]	9:43
4	Dolph Ziggler (c) (with Vickie Guerrero) defeated Jack Swagger, Alex Riley and John Morrison	Fatal 4-Way match for the WWE United States Championship^[7]	8:19
5	Mark Henry defeated Randy Orton (c)	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship^[8]	13:06
6	Kelly Kelly (c) (with Eve Torres) defeated Beth Phoenix (with Natalya)	Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship^[9]	6:26
7	John Cena defeated Alberto Del Rio (c) (with Ricardo Rodriguez)	Singles match for the WWE Championship	17:32
8	Triple H defeated CM Punk	No Disqualification match Had Triple H lost, he would have resigned as COO.	24:10
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match D – indicates the match was a dark match

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↑ Murphy, Ryan. "John Cena def. Alberto Del Rio (New WWE Champion)". WWE. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
↑ Medalis, Kara. "Divas Champion Kelly Kelly def. Beth Phoenix". WWE. Retrieved December 5, 2011.